On 7 Jan 2003 at 10:49, Steve Litt wrote:
> At Troubleshooters.Com, our experience is that hosting ads isn't worth it.
> Word is out that ads are so ineffective, that people are unwilling to pay
> even a penny per impression.
My experience running freebsddiary.org, freshports.org, and
freshsource.org differs from that of the above.
> Perhaps you could have third parties host small (5 paragraph) essays, with a
> link to their website. Bandwidth is about the same as a banner ad, but the
> essay, if written right, goes a long way to giving the author credibility. At
> the bottom of the essay (or maybe at the top) is a link to their commercial
> web page. I think that type of advertising might be effective enough to draw
> revenue.
>
> All essays should be valuable to the reader whether or not he or she purchases
> the product. But of course, you'll learn/get a lot more if you purchase the
> product.
I think that those who are objecting to ads on the site should follow
the suggestion given by Josh Berkus at
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2003-01/msg00191.php
In other words, stop providing suggestions as to what can be done.
Get off your own ass and do it. In short, put up or shut up.
--
Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/
